Prostate cancer upgrading means that a prostate cancer grade and score (or measure of prostate cancer aggressiveness) found in a surgically removed prostate gland can, sometimes, be of a higher grade than diagnosed in the initial needle biopsy of the prostate. This so­called upgrading phenomenon is marketed by urologists to imply that prostate cancer upgrading […]

Is watchful waiting the best choice for prostate cancer patients? According to a recent study from the Memorial Sloan­Kettering Cancer Center in New York City, published in the J​ournal of Urology,​prostate MRI testing can help doctors decide whether or not this less invasive option is the right way to approach a low­risk prostate cancer patient. […]

Prostate biopsies are one of the only ways to predict an aggressive cancer, but they are painful, inconvenient and somewhat inaccurate. A report from Dr. Ahmed Haddad, fellow at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, presented at the American Urological Association annual meeting showed that multiparametric MRI scans following a suggestive PSA […]

MRI Guidance for Prostate Biopsies Increases Chances of Finding Aggressive Cancers Traditionally, biopsies to detect prostate cancers rely on ultrasound guidance but a recent study published through the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis indicates that MRI may be a more accurate technology. Presented on May 19 at the American Urological Association meeting […]